EU – Baltic States, Good for Business, Latvia, Legislation, Transport

Initially Latvia and Poland had exchanged 500 permits for transportation of cargos to and from the third countries. So far 88 percent of those permits have been used. The joint Latvian and Polish commission agreed to exchange additional 100 permits for this year and increase the permit quota for next year to 600.

The commission during the meeting also discussed problems related with international passenger transportation and cooperation between both countries.

Established in 1993, the Road Transport Directorate is a state-owned limited liability company, tasked with licensing commercial cargo transportation business which uses trucks and buses, issuing international licenses to road carriers, carrier database management and data analysis.